人教版必修一Unit 3 Travel journal单元测试卷

In Singapore, art is more than what meets the eye. Galleries and museums here are not just places to be inspired, but also homes to distinctive souvenirs. Take home well­designed pieces that reflect your personality.

Singapore Tyler Print Institute (STPI)

41 Robertson Quay, Singapore 238236. ＋65 6336 3663.

Mon.－Fri. 10 am－7 pm; Sat. 9 am－6 pm

STPI is a space for experimentation of print and paper. Walk through the gallery and join other art lovers in developing an appreciation of print and paper art practice. STPI allows you to own a piece of the work produced by artists at the gallery workshops.

Red Dot Design Museum (RDDM)

11 Marina Boulevard, Singapore 018940. ＋65 6514 0111.

Mon.－Thur. 10 am－8 pm; Fri.－Sun. 10 am－11 pm

From lighting to parasol (阳伞), the Red Dot Design Museum presents award­winning products and design concepts from over 30 countries. Head to the Design Museum Shop, there are many interesting design objects and collections sourced from all over the world.

National Gallery Singapore (NGS)

1 St. Andrew's Rd, Singapore 178957. ＋65 6271 7000.

Mon.－Thur. Sat.－Sun. 10 am－7 pm; Fri. 10 am－9 pm

NGS occupies two major landmarks — the former Supreme Court and City Hall — and features over 8,000 artworks, which is the largest public display of modern Southeast Asian art and culture. It is also a home to a host of international exhibitions that have inspired the world and will be remembered for years to come.

Singapore Philatelic Museum (SPM)

23­B Coleman Street, Singapore 179807. ＋65 6337 3888.

Daily 10 am－7 pm

Fascinated by stamps? SPM features postage stamps dating all the way back from the 1830s. Enjoy this vibrant museum's in­depth presentation of local and international postal history. Send Singapore­inspired postcards or collect miniature postboxes from Singapore and around the world. Charming souvenirs at the museum store will make creative decorations for your home or office.

Language learning apps are very popular now and offer opportunities to learn vocabulary and practice grammar. But there has been a discussion about just how effective such apps can be.

Among the most popular apps are Duolingo and Busuu. Previous research found positive results on the use of them. But these apps mainly concentrated on study with learners who had signed up for language courses and they only worked as afterschool support, so the results were not always reliable. A recent study of 4,095 Busuu users has been carried out aimed to find out if users can actually learn a language with an app.

Busuu provides learning materials for 12 different languages. It offers a special model where some content is available for free while some content is not. We find that its users are an even mix of men and women. More than half consider themselves to be at the beginner level as there is a decrease in users as their language levels go up. Most people use the app because of personal interest, or because they want to study or live abroad. Female users tend to use it less often but for longer periods of time than male users.

Getting any feedback on Busuu depends on whether your answer is correct or not. While it is helpful, this is not the sort of feedback language teachers prefer, as it does not explain why the answer is right or wrong. In spite of this, feedback in the app is very highly rated.

More than 92% of respondents state that the app has met their expectations and 86% rate the app very highly. In fact, more than 80% of the users surveyed strongly agree that using the app has helped them improve their knowledge of the language they are learning.

Besides, language learning apps also create an environment where mistakes are only known to the users, and this can address the performance anxiety that many learners suffer from when asked to speak a foreign language. So language teachers should encourage their students to use them to do the grammar work, leaving precious class time for more language communication.

If Confucius (孔子) were still alive today and could celebrate his September 28 birthday with a big cake, there would be a lot of candles. He'd need a strong wind to help him put them out.

While many people in China will remember Confucius on this special day, few people in the United States will give him a passing thought. It's nothing personal. Most Americans don't even remember the birthdays of their own national heroes.

But this doesn't mean that Americans don't care about Confucius. In many ways he has become a bridge that foreigners must cross if they want to reach a deeper understanding of China.

In the past two decades, the Chinese studies programs have gained huge popularity in Western universities. More recently, the Chinese government has set up Confucius Institutes in more than 80 countries. These schools teach both Chinese language and culture. The main courses of Chinese culture usually included Chinese art, history and philosophy (哲学). Some social scientists suggest that Westerners should take advantage of the ancient Chinese wisdom to make up for the drawbacks (缺点) of Westerners' philosophy. Students in the United States, at the same time, are racing to learn Chinese. So they will be ready for life in a world where China is an equal power with the United States. Businessmen who hope to make money in China are reading books about Confucius to understand their Chinese customers.

So the old thinker's ideas are still alive and well.

Today China attracts the West more than ever, and it will need more teachers to introduce Confucius and Chinese culture to the West.

As for the old thinker, he will not soon be forgotten by people in the West, even if his birthday is.

Half a century ago, the picturesque Sicilian town of Poggioreale was hit by an earthquake that caused its citizens to flee for food, even though many buildings remained standing. What they left behind has become one of Italy's largest ghost towns. And the place was frozen at the exact time of the quake.

Girolamo Cangelosi, the mayor of a new Poggioreale town that was built further down the valley after the quake, has an idea to bring it back to life and make it shine again as it did in the past He isn't just daydreaming. He has already begun drawing up plans and placed architects on standby. All he's lacking is money.

Thus he recently started a global journey, setting his sights first on former Poggioreale residents (居民) and their families, 5,000 of whom he says are now living in the United States. Also scheduled was a stop in Australia, where about 4,000 more are believed to have emigrated (移居) after the quake.

Cangelosi is convinced that he can not only persuade local families who have long left but still feel a strong attachment to their hometown to sink some wealth into their old home, but also turn to tourists and developers who can lend a hand.

Poggioreale is also the latest town in Sicily and elsewhere in Italy to try radical (极端的) approaches to keeping them from being forgotten. A series of other locations have sold off old houses for as little as one euro — or just over a dollar — to people willing to move in. That's a deal that could be on the table in Poggioreale, too.

In theory, it shouldn't take much to restore Poggioreale to something like its former glory. The town has good facilities (设施), though in bad shape. There's a theater, library, hospital, marketplace and even a small inn for travelers.

People have always wanted to know what the future will look like. Then, how can we? The world has changed a lot in the last 150 years, but we humans are driven by the same basic needs as we were 150 years ago, such as food, sleep, the feeling of being appreciated and loved. No. In addition, generally speaking, the inventions for the last 150 years have been a human effort for freedom and communication, to be able to get in control of the time and world. Since there is still much to do in this area, this will be the focus at least for the next 150 years.

But why do we need to predict the future? Predicting the future is important for two reasons: First, we need to start to think about what kind of future we would like for ourselves and to pass on to the next generation.

How about the virtual worlds? It might be in the future to experience the sand between your toes, and hear the waves, just lying in your bed at home.  So, even if a great invention is there for an affordable price, it'll never take the place of the common experience if it is not real.  What we'll see in the next 50 years is the transition (过渡) from an oil­dependent society to a new society. Here there'll be new medicine, continued exploration of space, challenges in the climate change, and new inventions that make life a little easier.

A. So what will the future look like then?

B. Will this change in the next 150 years?

C. Predicting the future can help us in many ways.

D. However, you'll never get the feeling of being there.

E. Well, to understand the future, you must know the past.

F. However, no matter how real the experience will feel, it doesn't happen for real.

G. Then we need to know what decisions we need to make today that will give the best result in the future.

Growing up in the 1960s, I was taught from an early age to send a handwritten thank­you note expressing 1for kindness. My mother used to buy me a box of paper and 2 me in the art and value of saying "thank you". She 3to be right.

A study showed that it took less than 5 minutes to write the thank­you notes. Just 5 minutes to make 4 person feel overjoyed! 5 ， in our "instant" world, the idea of getting an actual pen and writing an actual note seems to never come to mind. We tend to do what is 6 for us — a quick text or an email.

It's easy to use the7of being busy, but even very busy and 8businessmen find time to 9thank­you notes. For example, when Douglas Conant became CEO of Campbell's, the company had 10 half of its market value and morale (士气) was at an all­time low. He 11 fixing that by doing some simple things that are probably not 12 in any MBA class. For one thing, Conant wrote to every 13. He gained their confidence and14 ， turned the company 15.

In his ten years as CEO, Conant wrote over 30,000 notes to employees. It's 16 not to ask how he did it.17, he had many other things to do 18 writing a thank­you note. Conant made time for 19 because he knew the impact (影响) each one would have. An expression of 20 in this crazy world still makes a difference.

Beijing's Forbidden City is a place full of wonders. From its thousands of rooms to its many beautiful artifacts, it's no wonder that it is one of China's most popular scenic (spot). But even more than 600 years after it(build), it's still managing to serve up surprises.

The Forbidden City draws visitors because of its rich history and (culture) significance, but perhaps it should add one more thing to its list of attractions: earthquake shelter. While most structures aren't made  (survive) natural disasters, the Forbidden City seems to withstand anything.

To show how strong the ancient Chinese architecture really is,model of one of the Forbidden City's palaces was put to the test. It survived a simulated (模拟的) earthquake measuring 9. 5 on the Richter Scale — equal to the(large) ever recorded quake. Instead of falling apart, the model was just moved gently during the test.

According to experts, the key  the Forbidden City's strength, as well as other ancient Chinese structures, (lie) in dougong (斗拱) — a centuries­old building method invented in China. Ancient Chinese craftsmen created structures were both enduring (耐久的) and elegant,  (show) their advanced understanding of mathematics, architecture, materials, and structural science.

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(^)，并在其下面写出该加的词；

删除：把多余的词用(\)划掉；

修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

Today we had the honor of inviting Professor Boucher, foreign teacher from Beijing University, to give us an English lesson. All of us were deep impressed by the unforgettable English lesson. Professor Boucher began the class about an amazing English story which attracts our attention at once. He spoke slowly and clearly so that we could followed him well. Greatly inspired, most of them took an active part in classroom activities. After class, many students interviewing spoke highly of him. They said that they had never been experienced such interesting a class. From his lesson, we came to the conclusion which it is not difficult to learn English well if we find a good way.

1）推荐一个演讲话题；

2）说明推荐的理由；

3）建议他做哪些准备工作。

注意：1）词数100左右；

2）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3）邮件的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Jim,

……

Yours,

Li Hua